hangover
[hang-oh-ver]
noun
the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
something remaining behind from a former period or state of affairs.
any aftermath of or lingering effect from a distressing experience: the post-Watergate hangover in Washington.
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Origin of hangover
1890–95, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase hang over
SYNONYMS FOR hangover
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hangover
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hangover
also hang-over, 1894, "a survival, a thing left over from before," from hang (v.) + over. Meaning "after-effect of drinking too much" is first attested 1904, on notion of something left over from the night before.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper